Today, in our media class I was set a project to design a website home page. I shall use this blog to keep a project log, providing pictures along the way.
Initial Plan
Website Type: News Website
Publication Software: Adobe InDesign
Genre Codes and Conventions:The news website shall provide easy access to all of the latest news articles. The website shall have a large title and will make the use of headlines and columns. There will also be separate information, such as the stock exchange.
The site shall include political and business news, technology, sports, science, health, opinion and arts.
Target Audience:
The website shall be aimed at professional / business people. It shall provide up to date, informal information with one picture per story.
Visual Codes:The website will only use bright, non-busy images that are relevant to the news article.
Target Audience:
The website shall be aimed at professional / business people. It shall provide up to date, informal information with one picture per story.
Visual Codes:The website will only use bright, non-busy images that are relevant to the news article.
Layout and Design:
It shall have a minimalistic look with a white background. The colour scheme of white, red and light grey shall be implemented. Serif fonts shall be used for headings, and sans-serif fonts shall be used for block text and other smaller text. The homepage will be laid out into columns, listing news articles, with two or three photographs.
It shall have a minimalistic look with a white background. The colour scheme of white, red and light grey shall be implemented. Serif fonts shall be used for headings, and sans-serif fonts shall be used for block text and other smaller text. The homepage will be laid out into columns, listing news articles, with two or three photographs.
Language:Formal. No use of clever headline puns. Headlines must be kept short. Headlines maybe slightly biased, to make the reader agree with the websites views.
Ok Daniel, it's good to see that you're already very decisive about your intended product. As your proposed target audience is professionals i wonder if you intend to make it a specialist news site, perhaps such as Bloomberg or the FT?
ReplyDeleteI hadn't thought of that. I'm looking at the Financial Times now. I think an Economy based website is a good idea.
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